Dolan celebrates Dobbs Ferry church's 150th anniversary

Dobbs Ferry church hosts cardinal

11:50 PM,
Nov. 25, 2012

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Tim Henderson

A lighthearted Cardinal Timothy Dolan quipped his way through a Mass in the village Sunday to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Sacred Heart Church.

"I've been dying to meet this lady in the red hat. The last thing I need is competition. I should have worn mine," he said, referring to his biretta - the red, square cap worn by cardinals in the Roman Catholic Church.

He called out to a Lutheran pastor in attendance, the Rev. Scott Paradise: "Is your wife here? Oh, she couldn't make it? Mine couldn't, either." ...